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Caroline Gillmer
Caroline Gillmer (born 1955) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles in various television series, such as ''Prisoner'' as Helen Smart and ''Neighbours'' as Cheryl Stark. During her time off sick from ''Neighbours'', Gillmer was temporarily replaced by fellow ex-''Prisoner'' cast member Colette Mann who played Doreen Burns, and who later played Sheila Canning. Gillmer has had many guest roles in television series including a recurring guest role on '' MDA'' and supporting roles in TV shows such as '' Bed of Roses''. She portrayed Judy Moran Judith Maryanne Moran (née Brooks; born 18 December 1944) is the matriarch of the Moran criminal family of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, involved in the Melbourne gangland killings. Personal life Moran was born in Victoria on 18 December 194 ... in the hit TV series '' Underbelly''. Filmography Film Television External links * Australian film actresses Australian soap opera actresses 1955 births Living pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisoner (TV Series)
''Prisoner'' (known in the UK and the US as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'') is an Australian television soap opera, which broadcast on Network Ten (originally The 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne), though the series finale would not screen until September 1987 in Sydney, where it aired as a 3-hour film that was split into three 1-hour episodes at the much-later time-slot of 10.30pm, running eight seasons and 692 episodes. ''Prisoner'' was the first Australian series to feature a primarily female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for woman!" The series, produced by the Grundy Organisation, was conceived by Reg Watson and filmed at the then Network Ten Melbourne Studios at Nunawading and on location. The series garnered an international cult following, and it was one of Australia's most successful media exports, performing particularly well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson's Law
''Carson's Law'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network between 1982-1984. The series was a period piece set in the 1920s and starred Lorraine Bayly as progressive solicitor Jennifer Carson. The episodes revolved around the cases taken on by Jennifer, and the various personal intrigues of her family.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 100 Brief Synopsis The series' premiere was billed as a 90-minute "movie-length" episode on 24 January 1983, with another two-hour episode in the same timeslot the following night, before settling into its twice-weekly 60-minute format the following week. ''Carson's Law'' was noted for its quality scripts and period production values. Despite being popular in Melbourne, where the series was based and filmed, it did not succeed in Sydney. Attempts to revamp the series to make it appeal more to Sydney audiences eventually alienated the programme's core audience, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Actresses
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darby And Joan (TV Series)
''Darby and Joan'' is an Australian murder mystery, crime comedy-drama television series starring Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi. The series was announced in 2021 and began streaming on Acorn TV from 8 August 2022. The eight part series was created by Glenys Rowe and Phillip Gwynne and filmed in Queensland across the Gold Coast, Scenic Rim, Redland City, North Stradbroke Island, Mount Isa and Cairns. Synopsis A retired Australian detective and an English nurse work together to solve the mystery of her husband's recent death. Cast Main * Greta Scacchi as Joan Kirkhope * Bryan Brown as Jack Darby * Caroline Gillmer as Denise Guests * Jolene Anderson as Detective Inspector Liz Darby (4 episodes) * Robert Coleby as Ascher (1 episode) * Peter O'Brien as Chris (1 episode) * Steve Bisley as Declan Kemp (1 episode) * Rachel Ward as English Sat Nav (1 episode) * Rarriwuy Hick as Tegan (1 episode) * Adrienne Pickering as Lucy Kirkhope (1 episode) * Todd Lasance Todd James Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lie With Me (2021 TV Series)
''Lie With Me'' is a television drama series that premiered on Channel 5 on 12 July 2021 and on Network 10 on 3 November 2021. Synopsis A couple moves to Australia after an affair, and encounters a nanny who brings more trouble into their lives. Cast * Charlie Brooks as Anna Fallmont * Brett Tucker as Jake Fallmont * Phoebe Roberts as Becky Hart * Caroline Gillmer as Cynthia Fallmont * Alba Nicholls as Grace Fallmont * Hunter Hurley and Ned Kennelly as Oliver Fallmont * Alfie Gledhill as Liam Henderson * Isabella Giovinazzo as Caroline Wilder * Nadine Garner as Detective Taormina * Frank Magree as Officer Page * Stephen Lopez as Detective Garrison * Neil Melville as Ray Tucker * John Marc Desengano as Pavan * Bert La Bonté as Phil * Irene Chen as Dr Katherine Lee * Renai Caruso as Jo Murray Production The four part series is filmed in Melbourne with funding assistance from Film Victoria. Episodes Reception In 2022, Jason Herbison, Margaret Wilson and Anthony Ellis re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offspring (TV Series)
''Offspring'' is an Australian television comedy-drama program that aired Network Ten from 2010 to 2017. ''Offspring'' is centred on 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family and friends as they navigate the chaos of modern life. Filmed in Melbourne's inner north, the series mixes conventional narrative drama and comedy with flashbacks, graphic animation, and fantasy sequences. Series overview Cast Main Supporting cast * Adrienne Pickering as Kirsty Crewe (Series 7) * Neil Melville as Drew Crewe (Series 7) * Dan Wyllie as Angus Freeman (Series 6) * Sarah Peirse as Marjorie Van Dyke (Series 6–7) * Shannon Berry as Brody Jordan (Series 6–7) * Ash Ricardo as Kerry Green (Series 6–7) * Cate Wolfe as Jess (Series 5–7) * Isabella Monaghan as Zoe Proudman-Reid (Series 5–7) * Maude Davey as Dr. Nadine Samir-Noonan (Series 2, 4–5) * Celia Pacquola as Ange Navarro (Series 4–5) * Garry McDonald as Phillip Noonan (Series 3–5) * Clare Bowditch as Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home And Away
''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called ''Refuge'', but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of ''Home and Away'' once production began. The show premiered with a ninety-minute pilot episode (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS known as ''Home and Away: The Movie''). Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty-two minutes. ''Home and Away'' has become the second longest-running drama series in Australian television, after '' Neighbours''. In Australia, it is currently broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MDA (TV Series)
''MDA'' is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence. Synopsis The title refers to the firm Medical Defence Australia, a team of lawyers and doctors who defend doctors charged with malpractice, ranging from Botox injections gone wrong to spinal cord injuries. The firm operates by collecting annual subscriptions from doctors, rather than on a case-by-case fee basis. The main characters in the pilot episode included Dr. Louella "Ella" Davis, the moral centre of the firm whose passion lies equally distributed between her work at St Albans Hospital Emergency Ward, and defending doctors; "Happy" Henderson, a lawyer whose nickname can be greatly misleading; Dr. Jamie Lawless, an optimistic young doctor whose passion for helping others often leads him to inner conflict; Caitlin King, the new law recruit at MDA whose am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax F
Halifax commonly refers to: *Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada *Halifax, West Yorkshire, England * Halifax (bank), a British bank Halifax may also refer to: Places Australia *Halifax, Queensland, a coastal town in the Shire of Hinchinbrook *Halifax Bay, a bay south of the town of Halifax Canada Nova Scotia *Halifax, Nova Scotia, the capital city of the province **Downtown Halifax **Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the municipality **Mainland Halifax, a region of the municipality *Halifax (electoral district), a federal electoral district *Halifax (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district **Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996 * Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour * Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979 Prince Edward Island *Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island British Columbia * Halifax Range, a mountain range United Kingdom *Halifax, West Yorkshire, England **Halifax (UK Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Guys, Bad Guys
''Good Guys, Bad Guys'' was an Australian comedy/drama TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. The crime-themed show was set in Melbourne. The program and its lead character Elvis Maginnis were written for Marcus Graham, a former star of the soap opera E Street (TV series). Maginnis is disgraced former cop, tainted by his criminal family and framed for corruption. Elvis owns "K for Kleen" drycleaning, managed by Stella Kinsella ( Alison Whyte, of the ABC current affairs satire series '' Frontline'') and Reuben Zeus who has Tourette syndrome ( Travis McMahon, most recently of '' Last Man Standing''). Elvis's attempts at a straight life are constantly compromised by the demands of his eccentric family, while Stella's attempts at making "K-for-Kleen" turn a profit are frustrated by Elvis's soft heart. The program was filmed in Melbourne, predominantly around the inner-city " bohemian" suburbs of St. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brides Of Christ
''Brides of Christ'' is an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 94 The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social changes taking place within the church and the outside world during the 1960s. Plot Diane Markham (Josephine Byrnes) joins a convent, 'Santu Spiritu School for Girls' after dropping her fiancé and becomes 'Sister Catherine', under the guidance of 'Sister Agnes' (Brenda Fricker). Catherine begins a friendship with another convent newcomer 'Sister Paul' (Lisa Hensley) and she begins to teach English and acts as the school newspaper adviser. Rosemary (Kym Wilson) is a naughty, rebellious student who gets herself into trouble, while another student Frances (Naomi Watts) is upset because her divorced mother is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclone Tracy (miniseries)
''Cyclone Tracy'' is a 1986 Australian drama mini series about Cyclone Tracy.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p184 In 1986, the Nine Network and PBL created the mini-series based on the events during the cyclone. Michael Fisher, Ted Roberts and Leon Saunders wrote the series, and it starred Chris Haywood and Tracy Mann, who played the lead characters of Steve and Connie. Tony Barry also featured amongst the cast. Cast * John Russell Waters as Narrator * Chris Haywood as Steve Parry * Nicholas Hammond as Harry Nelson * Tracy Mann as Connie Hampton * Linda Cropper as Joycie * Tony Barry as Mick Brennan * Aileen Britton as Big Caroline * Caroline Gillmer as Little Caroline * Jack Webster as Bobbie * Paul Pryor as Hilton * Nicholas Papademetriou as Theo * Noel Hodda as Tony * Brendon Nolan as Army Officer * Charito Ortez as Sandy Brennan * Gerry Skilton as Wayne Churchill * Stella Stefanidis as Mrs Kanderakis * Roger Cox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
